The Site, its Categories and Sections
My personal site is the web repository for my interests, that don’t have a dedicated site.
As I tend to be interested in a wide range of subjects, the site is ’soft focussed’ because
it does not have a central theme. However the site is divided into categories:
Categories:
News
Photos & Video
PDF Files
Links Index
About
News
As I am a news addict, the site does will have a wide range of news feeds covering UK and World News, Aerospace, Sport, Computing, Science and Technology, plus Telecommunications. In theory I could make this category available now, but as it is going through a redesign and ye Host Platform is going to be changed by the ISP soon, I have held off.
Photos & Video
The Photos and Video Category is always going to be a work in progress. The Photographs are either my own,
from Photographers who have given me permission to publish/republish their work, or copyright is unknown,
where despite my best efforts to hunt down the current holder to obtain permission to republish, I have
been unable to do so.
It is extremely unlikely that any Aircraft Photographs will be published on the site and definitely NO offensive or
pornographic material. Within these guidelines almost any subject could be covered.
See also:
Copyright Notes
As for Video, the same guidelines apply, although sources will normally be Video Sharing sites, rather than
hosting in my Web Space. Currently there is only one theme in the Video Section entitled Remembrance
dealing with remembering and honouring those who died in war.
PDF Files
It is planned that the Portable Document Format (PDF) Articles in the Category this will cover a wide range
of subjects. So far the range has been limited to an Article on Mobile Phones, Some Poems, most on the
Remembrance Theme and one of the most powerful Sermons of modern times.
Links Index (Link Lists Index)
In part this will become my online Bookmark/Favourites Listing, but it is already more than that, as it now
has a sections on my Fiction and Non-Fiction Libraries (although these are currently extremely limited ),
in fact the only list of links is a page of Selected Charities.
About Index – Sometimes shown as Site Info and Services
This is a pot pourri of everything that I cannot, or have decided not to allocate to another category.
It is however divided into sub-sections in an attempt to retain some form of structure.
About Douglas Holland and this Web Site:
Should contain three pages, one a brief autobiography. Which I cannot bring myself to write, the page you
are currently reading, which is about this Website and the Privacy Policy Page.
Special Web Sites and Archives:
This section currently has four items:
Suppliers and Services
Forms the third and last section of the About Category and it is, at least in part, the commercial element of the site.
Copyright Notes
Permission to republish Photographs, or Articles, on the Web, or in other Media is NOT automatic.
If I am the Author of an Article, or in the case of a Picture the Photographer, then the decision to permit
republication, is indeed mine. For Websites where usage is effectively non-commercial, will normally only
require a link back to this site and attribution of Authorship, to obtain permission.
Commercial usage is depended on type of media and usage. In most cases of commercial usage a fee will be
charged.
Where the copyright holder of an Article, or Photograph has allowed me to publish/republish their work on
this site, then any request for republishing elsewhere, will only be permitted if the copyright holder
agrees.
There is a contact button on the left Sidebar Menu to enable enquiries on republication,
or indeed any other comments to be emailed to me.
The case where I have published a Picture that is shown as Copyright Unknown, then the entire situation is
to say the least ‘grey‘. In part by publication I am hoping that the Current Copyright holder will contact
me, so that hopefully I can formalise attribution, or if they object remove the picture.
However this leads to a problem in that if another site wishes to republish the picture, I am in no position
to stop it. I would ask that if you do republish, that you send me an email. If later the copyright holder
details are established, then I can at least inform you of the situation, although what action is then taken
is down to you.
Unauthorised Republishing on Web Sites:
Well I cannot stop you and you may think the Web sphere is so huge I'll never know!
It may take a while, but surprisingly from experience I will eventually find out!
But what could I do, even if I discover you have stolen my work, or the work of others, who have been kind
enough to give me permission to publish?
Well whilst litigation, even if your site is in a country with reasonable copyright protection, would only
benefit the lawyers. But if you have stolen from me, you certainly have from others. So in addition to
'Naming and Shaming' you and your site, I will spread the word and you may find your being blacklisted
across the world.
So why not ask permission, you know it's the right thing to do.
Site Links
In the section on
Copyright
,
Attribution and a Link back to this site is covered. This section therefore only deals
with other reasons for linking to/from this site.
Inserting a link to this site from yours is fine, although an email would be a nice gesture!
Do not assume that even if you have a site which is covered by a section in the Link List Category that I
will automatically add your site to the list, I will check your site out and if I like what I see it will
be added.
Link exchanges, unless covered above, be aware that this is likely to be refused, especially if you are a
supplier of goods or services, which I don’t use and therefore have no idea if I would recommend your
product/service.
Suppliers and Services
DELL - Link to: Douglas Holland's DELL Page
Maplin Electronics
Check the latest:
Maplin Electronics e-Catalogue
and
Maplin Electronics Promotions
1&1 Hosting
PlusNet - Link to: Douglas Holland's PlusNet Page
BT:
Skype:
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British Airways
The DogMobile Company - Link to: Douglas Holland's The DogMobile Company Page
